Shufei Lei

The paper identifies jumbo circular extrachromosomal elements in Methanoperedens archaea, which integrate into chromosomes and carry metabolic and defense genes not found in the host.

The paper examines strain-level microbial overlap across river, groundwater, and hyporheic zone environments, finding limited establishment of transported strains despite connectivity.

The paper identifies and characterizes Borgs and mini-Borgs in Methanoperedens archaea, revealing their evolutionary origins and genomic relationships.

The paper analyzes Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements using in silico methods, revealing features similar to giant eukaryotic viruses, suggesting convergent evolution.

The paper uses phages to manipulate Variovorax species in microbiomes, confirming thiamine interdependencies and laying groundwork for targeted microbiome research.

The paper investigates how microbial activity in grassland soils varies with depth and water availability, identifying active predatory bacteria and episymbionts in different soil layers.

The paper characterizes microbiomes in underground research labs, finding genomic conservation and similar functional profiles despite environmental differences.